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I want to get a plasterer to plaster the kitchen. One of the walls has multiple hairlike cracks in plaster but it is fairly solid. If we just skim over I bet the cracks will come back. What shall I do. Remove all the plaster down to the brick and leave the corners or is there a way perhaps...

I found this Dimplex Kansas electric fire that fits nicely. You can use just the fire effect without the heating. Stripping it all down is ideal but that means I will have to put new wallpapers up and also patch plastering...dont have the time right now. I created this in photoshop, I think I...

Already done that underneath the floorboards by my gas engineer.

Just bought a bungalow and removed the 70s gas fire. Now the fire place has a hole that is higher than the average electric fire I find on a reasonable price. What would you do, would you put a back panel and cover the whole thing and then put the fire on the outside as in rest of photos from...

Just bought a buy to let bungalow that has smooth internal hollow doors. I usually install hollow grained doors in our properties and paint them brilliant white The existing doors are working ok with no warp etc and closing perfect, they are just a bit yellow because of age. They must be...

We have removed some of the fluorescent tubes in the factory but I do not want to remove the fittings. Are there any caps I can use to block the exposed sockets either side?

I think that explains it all for me... Sure it all depends where about in the country you live, London is certainly much more expensive than here up north. The £200 per day is not unreasonable for a self employed electrician. I had further chats with other companies here up North they confirm...

This is all true but then the wages we pay is becoming a service to society like council tax where you pay for schools, police etc. rather than reflecting the actual electrical value we get for the project. In other words it is possibly more cost effective to pay two separate electricians...

The average day rate is around £230 a day and happy to pay that. My issue is should a 17 year old apprentice be expected to pay the same. That’s the point I was making.

This is not a landlord query, it is a commercial site enquiry and I am not having a go at anyone, I am posting a thread opening a conversation with electricians.

I have been speaking to a nice young electrician and he is happy to do a day rate with him and his apprentice for £400. But I feel it is a bit steep as my previous electrician charges me £200 per day. The new one is him and his very young apprentice, shouldn't the day rate of the young...

I need to add a an extra neutral connection inside the CU for changing the light switches into smart ones. Are they any attachments you recommend to add inside the CU to extend the neutral bar as I have just run out.

I’m having emergency lights installed in factory. 38m long with columns in the middle. What is the best location for the lights. The ceiling has many arches. Can I have them installed at the bottom of the metal Trunking where most of the cable run through the middle of the floor ? Any...

Sorry I meant change the spur to rcd.

There is a fused spur that feeds the front security light of our property. I want to add a second security light to the side of the property and can either feed it from the wiska box where the first security light is fed from or using a separate fused spur that already exists inside the...

I am trying to replace this bulb for a lady and tried a standard E27 bulb but it will not fit inside the socket. This old bulb seems to have something like an add on what bulb do I need or shall I change the fitting ?

I'm installing this emergency light outside, above an emergency exit. There is already a fused spur feeding the nearby security spot light via a Wiska box. Can I connect one more feed to the emergency light from that Wiska box that already feeds the security light. I've heard that all emergency...

Ok thanks, it will get clipped on the back brick wall, there is already a fused spur connection inside that I can run the cable from. Not sure it is RCD protected as it is a quite old installation and CU. I will check ...

I've got a couple of security lights outside, can I use this cable to run them to avoid conduit...

is there a surface mount equivalent to the above 6 individual single gang boxes ( not as a grid ) I have seen BG are doing a flush version but have not seen a surface mount version.